101 in 1001

When I first saw Mackenzie Horan of Design Darling‘s list, I thought the start of senior year would be a perfect time to try this.

I encourage you to create your list and let me know when you do! [Beat me to it? I’d love to see a list you’re already working on!]

1. GRADUATE!
2. Find a job post-grad
3. Move to a new town
4. Have photography printed to hang
5. Learn more about my camera
6. Develop my personal brand
7. Enter pictures into a photography contest
8. Refine my style
9. Cleanse my closet!
10. Travel to Europe-already planned!
11. Utilize career services
12. Find a concentration for this blog
13. Learn code
14. Host a dinner party
15. Go to a blogger convention
16. Make blog friends
17. Subscribe to  a magazine (it would save me so much money!)
18. Keep an updated inspiration board
19. Develop a morning routine
20. Develop a workout routine
21. Go to New York for at least 3 days
22. Spend a day at a spa
23. Become an active Tri Delta alum
24. Get my hair professionally styled
25. Learn how to do make-up beyond basics
26. See at least 20 “must-see” movies
27. Work reading into my daily routine
28. Find a mentor
29. Invest in (and learn) Photoshop
30. Get 100 blog followers
31. Splurge on a nice purse
32. Find the perfect graduation dress
33. Learn a language
34. Consistently journal
35. Buy 10 coffee table books
36. Buy my domain name
37. Get MARRIED!
38. Write a letter at least once a week for 3 months
39. Eat food from a food truck
40. See an outdoor movie
41. Learn to ballroom dance
42. Create an address book
43. Attend a fashion week show
44. Decorate with fresh flowers for 2 months
45. Go to the ballet
46. Set a budget and stick to it
47. Get my boating license
48. Attend Spoleto in Charleston
49. Own an iPad
50. Write a book
51. Find a church to attend regularly post-grad
52. Save $10 for every goal completed
53. Donate $2 to St. Jude for every goal completed
54. Go to the beach outside of SC
55. Go up in the Bell Tower
56. See a musical on Broadway
57. Visit 3 new states
58. Make time to write every day for 1 month
59. Go to the Grande Ole Opry with Christopher
60. Visit 3 new museums
61. Start an art collection (at least 3 pieces)
62. Increase the variety of my iTunes music
63. Master cooking 3 of my favorite meals: Chicken Pot Pie, Chicken Soup, and Country Fried Steak
64. Take a Paint & Pour class
65. Go sailing with Alex
66. Learn calligraphy
67. Unsubscribe from old email lists
68. Go on a trip with Alex
69. Learn (and use) a new word every day for 2 months
70. See all of the movies nominated for best picture before award season
71. Read at least 3 Jane Austen novels
72. Go apple picking
73. Read the WSJ every day for 1 month
74. Invest in the stock market
75. Keep a “line-a-day” journal every day for senior year
76. Make a playlist of 101 of my favorite songs
77. Make a list of the 50 quotes I find most inspiring
78. Take a picture of every letter of the alphabet
79. Quit using “like”-seriously a bad habit
80. Memorize the president’s in order and 1 important fact about them
81. Write a letter to myself to open on my wedding day
82. Make a list of advice I wish I had been given about college for my cousins
83. Write a personal manifesto
84. Throw a 4th of July party
85. Redesign my blog
86. Put all of my pictures on an external hard drive
87. Take a weekend trip
88. Visit a vineyard
89. Update my accessory selection (shoes, jewelry, purses)
90. Go to a Bed & Breakfast
91. Drink more water and no soda for 3 weeks straight
92. Go to a Packers game with Dad
93. Take at least 3 Alt classes
94. Go to bed before 11 during the week for 2 weeks
95. Work out with a personal trainer
96. Learn more about fashion & interior design
97. Utilize the public library
98. Guest post on another blog
99. Design & stick to an editorial calendar
100. Go on a picnic with my own picnic basket and blanket
101. Inspire someone else to make their own list

My finish date is May 30, 2016. This seems like far away, but I know it’s going to go fast!

Here’s to new goals!

Keep Dancing